Part 2392

<h1>Convictism</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con"vict*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.</def> "The evils of <i>convictism</i>."

<i>W. Howitt.</i>

<h1>Convictive</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vict"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Convincing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The best and most <b>convictive</b> argument. <i>Glanwill.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con*vict"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con*vict"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Convince</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vince"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Convinced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Convincing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>L</ets>. <ets>convincere</ets>, <ets>-victum</ets>, to refute, prove; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>vincere</ets> to conquer. See <er>Victor</er>, and cf. <er>Convict</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so <b>convince</b> That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.</def>

<blockquote>Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to <b>convince</b> others. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To confute; to prove the fallacy of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>God never wrought miracle to <b>convince</b> atheism, because his ordinary works <b>convince</b> it. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To prove guilty; to convinct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Which of you <b>convinceth</b> me of sin? <i>John viii. 46.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Seek not to <b>convince me of a crime</b> <b>Which I can ne'er repent</b>, <b>nor you can pardon</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To persuade; satisfy; convict.</syn> <usage> -- To <er>Convince</er>, <er>persuade</er>. To <i>convince</i> is an act of the understanding; to <i>persuade</i>, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which <i>persuade</i> may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am <i>persuaded</i> it is so; I can not <i>persuade</i> myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding.</usage>

<h1>Convincement</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vince"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The fear of a <b>convincement</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Convincer</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vin"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.</def>

<h1>Convincible</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vin"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being convinced or won over.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Convincingly</h1> <Xpage=319>